BLACK FRIDAY

                         Black Friday - Cool Calm Pete

So it goes

We lost a friend of ours yesterday. He left us suddenly, and he will be missed. This was gonna be a Thanksgiving show, but it became a show for Alex. In the last hour we played a lot of his favorite songs. We love you Alex, and we are truly blessed to have known you and we're thankful for your friendship.

-Kenan Juska

Alex Gomez

July 7, 1977 - November 25, 2008
Rest in Peace

Episode #28




Here it is:

A Thanksgiving Prayer - William S. Burroughs
Beans and Cornbread - Louis Jordan
Harvest Time - Water Into Wine Band
Don't Take Everybody To Be Your Friend - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Circle - Wild Man Fischer
Hello Lucille Are You A Lesbian? - T. Valentine
Because I Got it Like That - Jungle Brothers
I'm a Pilgrim - The Soul Stirrers
I Wanna Be Your Mama Again - Sir Douglas Quintet
November - Tom Waits
Rain Rain Go Away - Bob Azaam
Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Neil Young
Old Man Waltz - Calexico
The Bottom - Ro Agents
Pain In My Heart - Otis Redding
Hummin' - Cannonball Adderley Quintet
The Parasite - Eugene McDaniels
Le Bracelet - Alain Goraguer
Ham Hock and Beans Pt. 1 - Chuck Womack and the Sweet Souls
Greasy Greens - Lionel Hampton and his Inner Circle of Jazz
The Mash Potato Man - King Coleman
Yard of Blonde Girls - Micah P Hinson
You Are Standing On My Bed - Ragni, Rado, & MacDermont
Twilight in Turkey - Raymond Scott
Coming Up - Sir Paul McCartney
I Yam What I Yam - Resident Alien
Mary, Don't Take Me On No Bad Trip - Fugi
Way Back Home - Bernard Purdie
I'm So Thankful - Ann Peebles
Help - Caetano Veloso
Don't Come Close - The Ramones
Oh, You Pretty Young Things - David Bowie
Historia De un Amor - Los Angeles Negros
24 Horas - Cafe Tacuba
Washington Bullets - The Clash
El Matador - Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
Too Drunk To Fuck - Dead Kennedys
Embracing The Darkness - R. Carlos Nakai
Fly Me To The Moon - Sinatra
Train In Vain (Live) - The Clash
Charlie Don't Surf - Los Gatos Locos
Formed A Band - Art Brut
Cafe Espresso - Leiber Stoller Orchestra
Los Tamalitos De Olga - Orquesta Aragon
La Pinta - Cafe Tacuba
Looking At You - MC5
Out of Time Man- Mano Negra

By My Bootstraps

I just recently pulled myself out of a week long bout of depression.
This is something that happens to me periodically.
There will be nothing particularly wrong in my life, no specific reason for any sadness. In fact if I think about it I can still clearly see that I have everything going for me, that I have so much to be thankful for. In fact I am quite sure I am among the luckiest, most blessed & shined upon human beings on the face of this earth. But sometimes I'll wake up with the wrong sort of chemicals splashing around in my head. And an unshakeable grey, bleak mood. It''s part anger. Part aching sad. Lots of frustration & a little self-pity.
I feel as if I'm the cartoon with the cloud over my head. I feel as if I'm a wounded animal. I have no patience. I'm raw. I'm terribly mean to myself. I secretly tell myself the worst things. I curse myself under my breath for being so stupid and ugly. I stay awake at night obsessing over some conversation that went wrong. Some interaction where "I should have said this.....", but didn't. Because I didn't think to say it at the time. And sometimes, and this is the worst part of it, I'll end up being mean to the people around me. I'll be short with them, or unnecessarily negative, or maybe just straight up flip out on them. And then they react negatively back to me and my foul mood which reinforces the whole thing in my head. And so on. This is depression.

I'm sure it has a lot to do with the cold.
Winter in New York is now upon us. No mistaking it.
The days are short. My brain is going through withdrawal from the sun.
Did you know there are chemicals in sunlight which make you happy which you can absorb through your skin? (It's true.)

But so over the years I have developed techniques to shake myself out of these dark places.
I can't explain them to you because they are constantly evolving. It's not math.
But they basically involve doing things that are positive. Doing things that are nice for other people. Trying to remember to forgive myself for being so flawed and talking to my friends and lady-friends.

A lady-friend is a great thing to have. To talk to. To be around.
Did you know there are chemicals in their hands which can make a man feel soothed. (it's true)
And sometimes you just want that woman to rub your head and tell you everythings going to be alright.
And then it's alright.

Download: Abner Jay - I'm So Depressed

Episdoe #27

Episode #27




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Tracklist:
Turn Your Radio On - Grandpa Jones
I Sat And Cried - Jimmy Nelson
Can't You Hear Me Call You, Woman - Fugi
Teenie Weenie Boppie - France Gall
The Click Song - Miriam Makeba
Earthword's - John Hartford
Homeboy - Mr. Wiggles
Mouse and Me - Paul Korzan
Ya Mama (Remix) - The Pharcyde
The Old Man Of The Mountain - The Mills Brothers
Dog (by Ferlinghetti) - Bob Dorough
After Laughter (Comes Tears) - Wendy Rene
Last Laugh - Ennio Morricone
Tough Chick - The Rockbusters
What's The Use Of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again?) - Louis Jordan
I got High - Frankie Ervin and His Band
Swahililand - Ahmad Jamal
Forget it - Sixto Rodriguez
Flesh and Blood - Solomon Burke
Psycho - E.T. White & His Great Potential Band
Volunteered Slavery - Roland Kirk
Lifetime Monologue - Lou Rawls
Hometown Beggar - Humble Gathering
(Talky Talky Talky)
Goodbye Poverty - Miriam Makeba
"I wonder what makes them howl like that"
Wait Till Next Year - Rick Nelson
Sure as Sin - Candi Stanton
Home Is Where The Hatred Is - Esther Phillips
Let's make it - Ellie Girl & 7 Beat Sulks
Morning - Cal Tjader
Roscoe James McClain - The Tymes
Crimson & Clover - Strawberry Alarm Clock
Why Can't I Touch It? - The Buzzcocks
Momma Miss America - Paul McCartney
The Juicer - The Sweat
Sudden Death - Anders, Laguna, & Ginsberg
What Do You Want - Blue Jays
(you caught me) Smillin' - Sly and The Family Stone
You Don't Know - Ellie Greenwhich
I'm Your Angel - John Lennon & Yoko Ono
With a Little Help From My Friends - The Persuasions
Teach Me How To Fly - Rotary Connection
(goodbye)
Kingdom of Death - Daniel AIU Balthezar Higgs

Radio Belly

If you don't already know, I started this new site called Radio Belly.
It's a site that gives away free music. 

On Chances With Wolves I get to pick out a lot of obscure over-looked gems of the past. With Radio Belly I get to pick out the obscure over-looked gems of the future.

This week I posted an EP by my dear friend Paul Korzan
Paul is a painter and not really a musician but he made these songs and they are great. 

He made them just for fun though and allowed me to release them only under the strict condition that nobody would then encourage him to pursue a music career.

It's called animal.date.die and it's beautiful and it's about animals and birthday's and death and other stuff
I encourage you all to download it.

Go to: RadioBelly.com

Peace Yo!

Episode #26

I received a nice email from a Mr. Kevin jones. He says this has been his air-freshener for the last two years.

I wonder what it smells like?

Episode #26

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and here we are:

The Ballad Of John & Yoko - Percy Faith
The Devils's Pad - Paul Leader and H.B. Barnum's Circats
Susie Q - Los Psicodelicos Xoc
Respect - Prince Buster
Travelin Blues - Slim Gaillard
End Of The Rainbow - Sonny Sharrock
Is That All There Is? - Peggy Lee
Don't It Sound Good? - Billy Mashburn
Bendix "The Tomorrow People" - Raymond Scott
And I Love Her - Reggie Milner
Bandido - The Pastel Six
Way Down In Mexico - The Coasters
Transistor Radio - George "Bpngo Joe" Coleman
Out In The Streets - The Shangri-Las
Annie's Answer - The El-Dorados
3 days Later - De La Soul
Yama Yama - Yamasuki
Big Noise From Winnetka - Eric Delaney
I Who Have Nothing - The Druids Of Stonehenge
Once and for all Girl - The Other Four
Eleanor Rigby - Rare Earth
Chitlin Con Carne - Junior Wells
Waiting Around To Die - Townes Van Zandt
Hard Travelin' - Woody Guthrie
Santiano - The Highwaymen
Don't Fence Me In - Andrews Sisters & Bing Crosby
Endearing Young Chums
Reasons To Be Cheerful - Ian Dury & The Blockheads
African Lullaby - Bruce Haack
Foolish Woman - The Oxford Circle
Passion Plumbers - Nervous Cabaret
Flying - The Beatles
Cefalea - Musica Dispersa
Winchester Cathedral - The New Vaudville Band
Boat Ride To The Jungle - Paul Korzan
The Bed - Ragni, Rado & MacDermont
The Old Man Of The Mountain - The Mills Brothers
I Got Loaded -Peppermint Harris with Maxwell Davis & his All-Stars/Peppermint Harris
Serious - Luke Temple
Plea Bargain - Beat The Devil
The Pusher - The Prophet & The Disciples
Black Cat - Scotty McKay
In Time - The Jungle Brothers
Just Walking In The Rain - The Prisonaires
Road Without An End - Charles Wright

what's he building in there?

meant to put this up around halloween, but here it is now...



Can you imagine when they used to show shit like this on MTV?
what the hell is he building in there?

Episode #25 (1/2 sandwich & cup of soup)

So.
Phew.
President Obama.

Here's our President Obama show. It's a 1/2 show. There were all these technical problems with the second half of the show. So here's the first half. The first half sounds great.


Episode 25 &1/2:






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Track list:
(Intro) - John Bonham getting busy
If I Were President - The Pharcyde
Yes We Can Can - The Pointer Sisters
I'm Movin' On - Chevrone Scott
Slim's Jam - Slim Gaillard
President Mash Up The Resident - Shorty
Happy Birthday, Mr. President - Marilyn Monroe
Sh-Boom - The Chords
You Are My Sunshine - Paul McGhee
Fallin Rain - Link Wray
Bring It On Home To Me - Britt Daniel
Stupid Girl - Neil Young
The Crazy Daisy - Anita Ellis W/ David Amram
(He's) The Great Imposter - The Fleetwoods
Walk Tall - Cannonball Adderley Quintet
I Love Her Still - The Poets
Lift Him Up That's All - Washington Phillips
When The Ship Comes In - R. Zimmerman

Happy O'Bama Day !

Episode #24 : All Hallows Eve Edition

Episode #24






Tracklist:

Ghost Dog - RZA

In the Pines - Leadbelly

Sleepy Hollow - The Last Word

Graveyard - The Phantom Five

I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) - The Electric Prunes

The Vampire Radio Spot - T. Valentine

Night Of The Living Dead - Scientist

Ghost Town - The Specials

Dead Man's Stroll - The Revels

Chuckwick - Bushwick Bill

Theme From The Shining - The Horror Theme Ensemble

March To The Witches Castle - Funkadelic

I Was A Teenage Werewolf - The Cramps

Mr. Ghost Goes To Town - The Five Jones Boys

The Ghost Of Subway Joe - Cab Calloway

The Ghost Walk - Borrah Minevitch & His Harmonica Rascals

Ghost In The Graveyard - Prairie Ramblers

What's He Building In There ?- Tom Waits

Black Box Theme - Tom Waits

Whistling Past The Graveyard - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

My Malt's Playing Tricks On Me (St. Ides Commercial) - Ghetto Boys

Careful (click, click) - Wu Tang Clan

The Torture Chamber

The Ghost - Burning Spear

Graveyard - Leroy Bowman

Haunted House - Cris Kevin

Wait Until Dark

Spooky - Andy Williams

Night Fight - The Viscounts

Wolfman Ukulele - Leviathan & The Creepy Crab Critters

Lil' Red Riding Hood - Sam Sham & The Pharoahs

Midnight - A Tribe Called Quest

Never Die, Desire Not - Galt MacDermot

Ghost Walk - Budos Band

The Ballad Of A Fair Singer - Manfred Hubler & Seigfried

Evil Grows - Poppy Family

Mysterious Martha Garoo - The Queens Nectarine Machine

Vampire's Ball - Mann Drake

By The River's Dark - Leonard Cohen

Devil - Ada Moore

Chase The Devil - Max Romeo

Frankenstein Rock - Eddie Thomas

Casper The Friendly Ghost - Daniel Johnston

Diary Of A Madman - The Gravediggaz

They're Coming To Take Me Away - Napoleon XIV

Freaks Come Out At Night - Whodini

Watusi Zombie - Jan Davis

Ghost Riders in The Sky - The Ventures

It's Halloween - The Shaggs

Big Bird at Kermit the Frog's Funeral

Not a dry eye in the house.

No New Show This Week

Things are distracting. Life is busy and complicated.

Unfortunately we are unable to bring you a new show this week.

Instead we are re-running Episode #1

Episode # 1


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And if you are so inclined you can download Episode #1 as an MP3(.zip)

Here was the tracklisting:

1. Away - Jim Bartow & the Harlem Blues Consort

2. Everglades - Dale Hawkins

3. He's Gone - Doris Duke

4. Diamond Day - Vashti Bunyan

5. Hate Street Dialoge - Sixtoo Rodriguez

6. Didn't I - Darondo

7. If I Were A Carpenter - Bobby Darin

8. This Little Bird - Marianne Faithfull

9. I Hear Voices - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

10. Stoned in the Bathroom - Chubby Checker

11. Stoned Is - Listening

12. Wined And Dined - Syd Barrett

13. Lost - The Darlettes

14. Invitation To Back Power Pt. 2 - Shahid Quintet

15. The End Of Silence - Elaine Brown

16. I don't Like You - Bo Diddley

17. I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over - David Porter

18. Go On And Cry - Les McCann

19. Time For Everything - Ed Pauling & The Exciters (The 5 Royales)

20. Ruler of My Heart - Irma Thomas

21. (Interlude) - Ou Est-Tu Amour ? - Willie Nelson

22. Remember (Walking In The Sand) - The Shangri-Las

23. Remember Me - Rita Pavone

24. Lost Vein of Love - Billy Carson

25. Suicide is Painless - Johnny Mandel

26. Exodus - Hank & Carol Diamond

27. My World Full Down - Sagitarius

28. Tell Me Why Has Our Love Turned Cold - Willie Hutch

29. Dear Prudence - Ramsey Lewis

30. Vegetables - The Beach Boys

31. Just Memories - Eddie Kendricks

32. Lovin' You - Johnny Guitar Watson

33. Kimberley - Patti Smith

34. Deep Down - Ennio Morricone

35. Le Reve - Sheila

36. Baltimore - Nina Simone

37. You Don't Know - Bob Andy

38. Only When I'm Dreaming - Minnie Ripperton

39. Ordinary Joe - Terry Callier

40. (Interlude) Harlem Nocturn - Neil Lewis And His Quintet

41. Long Way Home - Tom Waits

We'll back next week with an ALL NEW SHOW. 

So Stay Tuned!!!!!

Bye!!

13 days people...

let's go.

Barack Obama - Cocoa Tea

Sadness is a radical quantity

So there was a problem with the link for episode #23.
It has now been fixed.

Ok.
So.
This record has a story.
This woman recorded these songs sometime in the seventies. They sit in a drawer for thirty-some years until her son finds them and puts them out.
They are beautiful. Poetic. Like a lady Leonard Cohen.
Think of all the beautiful things that people make and then stick into drawers or cabinets or suitcases. It makes me happy to think of all that tucked-away beauty.

Download: Sibylle Baier - Says Elliot

Episode #23

Photo by Sarah LaPeter

Here's what Sarah told me about this photograph:

"State park, forget name, north of providence in mass. It's a stuffed wolf but looks so alive right. funny story. Set up pic and was waiting for sun to rise and a passing car called the cops cause they thought it was real and going to eat me. cops came and yelled at me. I said I'm sorry I go to art school but they were not amused."

She later added:

"just remembered name of park, purgatory's chiasm, what a name how could I have forgotten"

So...
Kenan and Mikey couldn't make it this week. But no worry, I invited my friend George Langford from Javelin to come and play some of his amazing collection of obscure weirdo music from all over the world. Javelin is an awesome music making Duo, who are formerly of Providence, Rhode Island, currently of New York, New York and imminently dropping a 12" EP on Civil Music (UK) this fall & who if they were to be combined into one person would look like this:





Episode #23:






Tracklist:

Coyote Song - Robbie Robertson
Swing Low Sweet Cadillac - Aggie Duke
I feel Sorry - Rotary Connection
De La Mano - ????????
(The Train) Saiyan Re Saiyan - Asha Bhosie
Within You Without You - The Soulfull Strings
Jahojah Comfort Me - Pazy & The Black Hippies
Let's Make The Water Turn Black - The Mothers Of Invention
State & 32nd - Kenneth Rexroth
I'm gonna get you - The Dixie Cups
Nao Asuento Voce - Trio Esperanca
Instrumental B - Arthur Russell
Strawberry Letter 23 - Shuggie Otis
Best Behind The Wheel - Rod Rogers
Los Bornachitos - ??????
Mentiras - Los Socios Del Ritmo
Baby - Rogerio Duprat
Poetryman - Phoebe Snow
I Wasn't Thinkin', I Was Drinkin' - The Checkers
I Want To Kill You - David Peel & The Lower East Side
Ugly Beautiful Girl - Wild Man Fischer
Buffalo Billycan - Apple
Ett Skal Att Trivas - Dungeon
Why Not Tonight - Dorothy Price
Alligator Wine - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
How Do You Do? I Like You. I Love You. - The Hindi 5
Addis - Ababa Zafari
Muck Muck - Yochanan
Egypt Strut - Salah Rageb
Emnete - Mulatu Astatke
Hands In The Dark - Dark Day
Says Elliot - Sibylle Baier
A Vos Te H'ai Pesar (You'll Be Upset) - Inti Illimani
Cachita - ???????
Bien Bailadito 2 - ?????????
Haunted Castle - The Kingsmen
The Mechanic - The Hellers
Fall of Another Year - CAN
Dizzy - Hugo Montenegro
Cod'ine - Buffy Sainte-Marie
Szivarvany - Hungaria
World Of Made - Carla Kihlstedt
Before I grow too old - Fats Domino